The Oregon daily journal., January 21, 1916, Page 6, Image 6

THE OREGON DAILY .JOURNAL,,. PORTLAND. .."FRIDAY, JANUARY, 21, 1916:
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fc3 Fifth At?, New lock; 121 Peoples
-iaa bide. Caleaso
fiabaerlptloB terme by aiail or to any a4
treas in tea Cut ted Slates r Vlaxleo:
DAILY (UOBMXG OB AFTKRNOOi)
Oaa year ..SS.OO I On mootn $ -SO
81'XDAY
Oaa fear S2.60 I Ona month f -23
EAILY (MOBXING OR AFTEBHOON) AND
. , 8CXDAY
Ona year 17.50 I One month f .63
ran
. America asks nothing for her
self bat what she ha a right to
a&k or humanity itself.
woodrow wilsov.
How poor, how rich, how
i- abject, how august, how com
s plicate, how wonderful Is man!
distinguished link in being's
i endless chain! midway from
nothing to the Deity! dim
miniature of greatness ahso-"'-
lute! an heir of glory! a frail
.child of dust! helpless im
mortal! insert Infinite! a
;; 'Worm! a God! Young.
, : THE VOICE FROM AFAR
IN PORTLAND, yon can now
converse with a friend in New
.York with practically the same
... facility as if yoa stood face to
face.
r It Is cinsequent from a trium
phant telephony. It is amazintr to
hear from a receiver a voice that
you know is 3400 miles away and
which you know had to bo trans
muted over mountains, across
'rivers, through forests, across a
continent to he duplicated in the
receiving office. More amazing
Btill is the fact that the comrni:
, Oication is practically instantane
ous. You speak in Portland and
your voice is at once heard in
New York.
; Sound travels at a rate that
would require nearly four and one
fealf hours to pass from Portland
to New York. But by the mar
velous processes of telephony, the
human voice is carried the dis
tance' in about one-fifteenth of a
(second. It is a rate that would
carry the sound to the moon in
one and one-third seconds and tc
the planet Mars in about three
minutes.
; Nothing so marvelous was ever
Imagined by the ancient magician.
They read the stars and dreamed
: and marveled. But in their imag
inings they scarcely approached
the threshold of marvels that mod
ern 'man has actually brought to
pass.
' The word telephone means "a
Tolce. from afar." The telegraph
Was Invented in 18 :
The tele
phone was perfected in 1S76 and
was on exhibition at the Phila
delphia Centennial of that year.
From1 that crude beginning of tele
phony we have now developed un
; til man. speaks and a continent
' hears.
V By the marvels of his progress,
ts he ultimately to speak and make
his yoice heard around the planet?
.t - z
V Portland fire officials have
proven beyond controversy that
Hhere ia over Insurance with its
. consequent evils in this city. The
Only thing for the insurance peo
ple to do is to admit the facts
and proceed to correct the evil
themselves before Icsb competent
people do the correcting for them.
;
A MCE DISTINCTION
HE ways of courts with law-
iBults are charmingly exein-
j ;i j .puueo oy a recent Texas ad-
yenture reported in the West
Publishing Company's Docket for
this y month. An offender was
brought to the bar for steal in?
money. Ten cents was the amount
and the indictment read that he
had. unlawfully and feloniously,
nay-even wickedly, made off with
'a 'dime." It . came out in the
evidence, however, that the miser
able ; sinner had not 6tolen a
"cJme"..bnt "two nickels." In
either case he had taken ten
cents; a sufficiently horrible crime
One would think4 and to the lay
mind the precise manner of the
taking appears of minor moment.
But not eo to the court. As the
Texas Judicial mind looks at things
the . amount stolen was of no con
eequence at all and the manner of
the 6teallng all Important. Inas
much as the accused was Indicted
for taking a "dime" when he had
really "i taken "two nickels" the
Judges, let him go free. But hh
liberty, was brief.
The grand Jury promptly In
dicted hjm again, this time for
stealing "two , nickels," and since
that v was what he had actually
done he was convicted without
hindrance from the learned trial
radge. . In due course the case was
;aia ; ' appealed to the supreme
court; the prisoner claiming that:
be had been twice put In Jeopardy .
of life vt limb for the tame of -
fense, a hazard which all our con-,
stitatlons Btrlctly forbid.
But the supreme court gave him
no comfort this time. It reasoned ; governor? where are the com
that his first trial had been for ; mercial bodies? Where are the
"Btealing a dime," while his sec- city councils? Where are the
ond was for "stealing two nickels," ; granges?
manifestly an entirely different of-j Is "the king of the Oregon land
fense. And so the poor fellow had ; ring" to determine the disposition
to go to prison at last. ' of the grant lands?
TIs thus that our learned Ja-j :
dlclary plays with the law, plllns I A. Tuth Jurker is the name of
up needless expense for the tax- a dentist at Germantown, Pa, Th
payers and making a mockery of Hst of fit names would now be
Justice. When a man has been complete if some district would
convicted of stealing ten cents send to Washington a congre5.
there the business should end and man named J. Loud Noise.
correction begin.
To society at
large it makes not the slightest
difference whether the ten cents
was embodied in a silver dime or
in two nickels, nor, in the end
does it make any difference to the
thief.
- r
In the remarkable advance in
chemistry resultant from the war
in Europe, they are making some ;
human foods out of wood and
equally inedible Bubstances. Wo
wait to hear that they are making
embroidered chemises out of bacon
rinds.
CASH REGISTER PATRIOTS
A
MONG the warlike persons i
hammering in Congress t j
President Wilson because he
does not make war on Mex-iand
ico, is Senator Albert Bacon Fall
of New Mexico.
In the Congressional Director
Is a personally prepared biography
of Senator Fall. In it he says of
himself:
Became extensively Interested In
minos, lumber, lands and railroads: quently the familiar threshold. It
now engaged in farming and stock , 0ften be borne in upon them
raising In New Mexico and in MIN-' , . . , j r-t
1XO IX MFXICO I t"at the.r departed comrade ci
' a v t, v u o xthis earthly pilgrimage still in
Senator Fall has in the SenatTj fiome niysterious way partakes of
a resolution, the main purpose of ; tnejr 0Ye
which is to .'embarrass the admin's- j , , ' x , .
tration. Formerly, he had another UU writtPn of f m? . V1
resolution which, among other ! "they had a genius for friendship.
highly interesting things, provided J"11 , C WaS "C "h'
as follows:
American citizens shotM ev with
them throughout the world and that soldiers in the Gallic wars loved
every American citizen residing or him like a comrade, strict as he
having Property In any forrign coun- , discipline, and he knew
try should be given the full protec- ! v v "
tion of the American government, whole legions of them by name,
both for himself and FOR His Frederick the Great of Prussia
PROPERTY. had tse 6ame gift of binding hi3
Being "extensively engaged in 1 friends to him with "hooks of
mining in Mexico," as stated by steel." We do not read that ho
himself, Senator Fall demands was ever betrayed, though he led
that the army and navy of tha his followers through many a
United States be used to give hira Slough of Despond,
full protection in any foreign Life has few greater treasures
country, "Loth for himself and his to offer, than-a true and lasting
property." j friendship. It is all the more
Amid the comfortable uphol- precious because of its rarity. His
stery of the senate chamber, we tory gives many examples of love
assume that Senator Fall's life is between the sexes stronger than
reasonably secure against the raids pain and death but only here and
of marauding Mexican bandits, there one of unwavering fidelity
Indeed, It is perfectly admissable between friends. When we wish
to assume that the lives of all to encompass the full meaning ot
the martial gentlemen who are friendship in one instance we still
demanding war with Mexico are , go back to David and Jonathan,
safe, for they individually and 6ev- Justice Lamar's recollection of hi3
erally expect that somebody el3e friends" in his last will bespeaks a
will do the fighting. It is there- beautiful nature. He must have
foro only for the protection been lovable or he could not have
of his extensive mining interests loved so well,
in Mexico that the highly patriotic ! :
Albert Bacon Fall is acting in his ! Really, if contracts are actually
capacity as a federal senator. Bis-! awarded next month for the build
marck once said: i ing of the public auditorium, may
It is easy for a statesman, whetn- ! we not expect the ghost of Ri,
e,w" ti" CableLor !UeVan Winkle to rise up and walk?
chamber, to blow a. blast with ths
wind of popularity on the trumpet
of war, warming himself the while
at his own fireside.
From the soft cushions of the
senate chamber, Senator Fall
could view an American war
against Mexico with composure
and complJ;ency.
With patriotic
speeches
he could cheer on the
pons of American mothers as thev state will place pretty much the
marched out to fight, and tho.-e same estimate on the festival that
that died on the field of battle is put on it by home folks. If
would have the satisfying know- we contemplate it and write of it
ledge that their blood was not &s an event of consequence, it
shed In vain, for Senator Fall's will be regarded as an event of
extensive mines in Mexico would consequence by people otherwhere,
certainly be worth more after Such a festival as was held last
American intervention than they , year is worth all the high cn
are now. j comiums that can be paid it. It
Meanwhile, American citizens struck a chord In popular favor
have only such rights in foreign Jn wbich there was no discordant
countries as are guaranteed by i or detracting note,
treaty. The Fall resolution in be-' There is abundant circumstance
half of hia extensive mines ia In such a festival to perennially
Mexico was not adopted by the extol, and if Portland home folks
senate because It was a perfectly , will make it their business to men
manifest effort of a United States ; tion the annual show In all their
senator to drag his private cash i letters, its growth will be deli
register into congress and fix the 1 nitely assured.
foreign policy of the American ! Meanwhile, Its managers should
nation for the benefit of hl3 i see to It that the festival la made
pocketbook.
A Poughkeepsle, New York, cit
izen publishes the following ad
vertisement: "Wanted, a man to
mllk and take care of chickens." .
Out In Oregon, he would have a I
hard time getting a man to mils
a chicken.
KCVQ PTJTER
W
HEN he wrote a book about
the Oregon land frauds, S.
A. D. Puter styled him-,
self In the publication. !
"The King of the Oregon Land !
Fraud Ring." He was then In Jail I
serving a sentence for transgres-1
sion of the land laws.
Mr. Puter Is now at Washing
ton lobbying in behalf of the rail
road grant lands In Oregon. He
Is surrounded with a corps of as
sistants. Is abundantly supplied
with funds, and he is shrewd and
skilled in ways of garnering pub
lic lands.
Aside from the Chamberlain bill,
we hear of no demand for the
forfeited portion of the grant lands
to be saved In part, at least, for
the Oregon school fund. A. grange
at " Tillamook commended The
Journal for Its efforts to have the
proceeds eared for Oregon school
children, but beyond that, little or
nothing Is -heard.
la . Oregon dead ?
Where U the
FAITHFUL. TJXTO DEATH
V
ERY modest were Justice La
mar's acquisitions. He left
no more than $130,000 at
his death, not enough to
make him a "rich man" in thesa
days of towering millions. And
... 1 1 i V,
11 waB enuuu lu Bei
material basis of a useful and hap-
llfe- Neither too little nor too
much had Justice Lamar. ins
fortune was not so small that he
was obliged to worry over petty
money matters nor bo large as to
make him its slave. He had time
for contemplation, for family lifo
and for friendship.
His friendships must have been
singularly dear to him. In his
will he Epeaks of them ts "many
precious" and commends them
to the affectionate care of his
family. If his spirit remains con
versant with earthly affairs he will
find constant pleasure in the visits
of his old friends to the household
which he has left behind. And as
they go and come, crossing fre-
'were loyal to the day of his death,
With One Or two exceptions.
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WRITE ON
L"
ETTER writing need not end
with letter-writing week.
The Rose Festival can be
made the theme for Portland-
er3 to write about all the year.
Easterners and others outside th3
worthy of such home praise and
confidence.
Speaking of unnecessary noise,
why not turn attention to the e-
pecially useless brand coming out
of Cpngress.
A MODEL CONGRESSLVX.
I
T SHOULD make the voters of
some congressional districts a
little envious to read of the re
lations between Meyer London
and his constituents. Mr. London
was elected to Congress from an
e?-st Bide district in New York
and his constituents aro mainly
Jews. But that does not hinder
them from being Intelligent, al
most eboc kingly Intelligent, for
they require Mr. London to come
back from his dignified retreat fa
Washington every month, and tell
them of his goings out and com
ings in.
$ To be sure they have no way
of making him come homo and
give ans account of himself. He
could refuse If he really wanted
to, but he is satisfied with the ar
rangement. Promptly to the day
he arrives in hia east side district
and tells the assembled' multitude
what he has yoted for and voted
against, what he has supported and
what opposed. Nothing is con
cealed, nothing left to conjecture.
Mr. London frankly acknowledges
that he was sent to Congress to
do the will of his constituents.
During his term of office they are
his mcsters and he ia thtlr serv
ant. When he ceases to relisb
the relatior. he can always end It
by resigning.
Many congressmen live too far
away from their districts to make
this arrangement practicable even
if they would consent to it. Many
of them are too dignified, or too
something else, to consent. They
acknowledge responsibility to the
voters as a bit of election chaff
not to bo taken seriously. But If
any of them should take it seri
ously they might send home a cir
cular letter telling what Mr. Lon
don tell3 his district by word of
mouth. Such a letter would be
readily published by the newspa
pers and, if written with becom
ing candor, as it would be in come
Instances, it might tend to main
tain sweet and wholesome rela
tions between voter and represen
tative. As matters stand senators
are moro actively responsible to
thi public than representatives,
perhaps because election by pop
ular vote is newer to them.
After exploring the coal bills
and plumbers' bills consequent
from the late freeze-up, it is a
safe bet that former "cussers" of
Oregon rains welcomed yesterday's
showers with a fond smiie.
NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND
A wMp rarure of iohIhllltlM ii iHrern!bl
In the rising enterprise that forma the ub
Jevt of nrttcle No. 1U of ttie Nothing the
Matter With Portland wriog. Hesidea thf
tKiiefltg from plant auj payroll. thre are the
valuable cvtiijorntlona that the mvlng plr
tnre maker s iitnit will carry all over the
world Illimitable advertising for Oregon, mak
ing Ita wonderful Bc'iTy known wiierever the
uv.vle devotee la found, and that 1o adrlltk'n
C.rrgon'n typlral lnduurle will be made to
ti;rn Uielr iuultlfarl'iu hM; in full view
of a wTid of f pect'itora. There l extraor
dinary appeal In the earnest preaentatlon of
the rase made by the manager of I'ortland'a
pioneer moving picture producing company.
ArATP.OLL, of J100.000 a year ia
at this time Incubating In an
enterprise born In Portland in
1910, but, so far as the masses are
concerned. is practically unknown.
And It Is one of those which so Im
portant a body as our Chamber ci
Commerce has become Interested In,
and Is seeking to attract to Port
land kindred concerns from south
ern California, the western home of
moving picture productions.
It was trie thought that Portland
has the environment for the best
motion picture work in the country,
that brought the IJfeograph compan.r
of thla city into existence.
Here wn have the sawmills, lum
ber camps, mining camps, cowboya,
fishing scenes, mountains robed In
their beautiful habiliments of green,
entrancing waterfalls, winding rtvers
and leaping brooklets; the Band
dunea of the Columbia above Thj
Dalles, representative of the desert,
and we also have almost every tyre
of human beings, as the Hindu, ne
gro, Filipino, Mongolian, Japanese,
Indians of several tribes, Mexican
and Caucasian, alde from the ocean.
Its beaches bordered with the homes
of the man of wealth and ease, aa
well as those of the most humble
walks In "life.
And where can bird life be more
faithfully portrayed, from the eagle
nesting among the rocky mountain
crags to the water fowl so plenti
ful along the rivers and sea?
These are such rich and lndescrlb-
I ably alluring settings as can be had
nowhere else on this continent or
any other and all are gratis to the
producer of photo plays. Scenery
such as possessed by the North Pa
cific coast. In many ptaren must be
constructed as settings f"r the pic
tures, and ot large expense.
ADVANTAGES OF A HOME PRO
Dl'CEP.. There Is no doubt that Portland
would welcome producers of photo
plays, no matter whence they cam,
and the more the merrier. If they
phonld come to make this city the
base of their operations, but it must
not be forgotten that tha profits of
such concerns would go to enrich
some other community. All the gain
of a home corporation having Port
land as Us actual abiding place
would remain with us, go Into ths
channels of trade and become a
benefit to each citizen of the city.
A foreign producing company would
come here, remain for a short time
making the attractive films lavish
ly provided for by our gifts of na
ture, carry these films away, sell
them at the extremely high prices
they would command and spend or
Invest this money elsewhere, thus
planting Portland's dollars In for
eign soil, with others to reap the
harvest which would ensue. The pay
roll of the ordinary photo play pro
ducing corporation amounts to fror.i
$75,000 to $150,000 a year. Mr. John
D. VinslJ, manager of th American
Lifeograph company, estimates thrft
the payroll of this organization will
aggregate $100,000 annually, beside
as much more to be distributed from
profits of the enterprise.
HAS $25,000 INVESTED.
Th American Lifeograph company
was organized In a small way at 22
Union avenue, this city, five years
ago. It soon outgrew Its hampered
quarters and moved to larger. Again
as Its business expanded It was
forced to seek a still mors commo
dious building, and Is now occupy
ing a structure at East Thirty-third
nd Halsey streets, having 7500
square feet of 8pace-60xl50 feel
and with a 50-foot ceiling. Thla la
fitted out ' with svery modern Inven
tion lor photo play production, For
xampls, it has a,' llttls phot print
ing machlns not larger flan an Ital
ian hand organ,, but It cost $1000.
Suit another, a trlflo larger and the
best yet Invented, cost S1150. and Us
lights ar of 1.000.000 candla power.
The entire equipment represents an
outlay In money of 126.000. besides
five years of diligent and careful
work. It now has what visiting
photo play producer- declars Is one
of the best studios In the Unite 1
States, and Is prepared to execute
the very best In Its 11ns which ca
be mad anywhere .in America or the
world! "
20.000 FEET OF FILM DAILT.
Speaking with Mr. Viacil. the man
ager, who understands the business
most thoroughly, th lntormatlon "was
elicited that th productions of near
ly if not quite, all film producers,
ar disposed of in New York to what
is known as releasing companies.
"Thes corporations," h said,
"usually pay the film producers, up
on their acceptance, their cost, and
then a percentage of the gross re
ceipts from their production at the
theatres. This is usually on a 60
per cent basis. A"s wfMt now pre
pared to - make 20,000 feet of film
dally, and to produceit least one
play per month, It i lb under
stood that w are in I .pa to stand
up with most of the jlm corpora
tions now in existence. i estimate it
would cost $10,000 a pi 'to produce
such as we would turn ut here, and
th releasing companies are anxious
to procur them. They want them,
for one reason, because thjy wil be
clean free from the s'lme of late
so freely plastered upon so many
sensational productions which have
become nauseating and distrusting to
the finer sensibilities of the people.
We would hav no difficulty. Indeed,
in disposing of on a week if we
had that number.
OUR ATMOSPHERE HELPS.
"Portland is situated in the very
center of the (rudest scenery in
the world." Mr. Vlncil stated, "and
this can be worked into the most
fascinating feature films possible to
obtain In the world. Th whole coun
try has a hearty welcome, open armi
and open pocketbook for Just such
scenes as the people have been shown
from the films w have produced far
the weeklies and on the orders of
lecturers and Chambers of Commerce.
We have demonstrated that the rains
of the seasons do rot Interfere with
successful moving picture operations.
In fact, it seems to wash the atmos
phere, leaving it in perfect condi
tion for our work. It is bo different
from the half blinding glitter of the
southern California sun that we can
successfully operate at any hour In
th summer from 7 a. m. to 6 p. m.,
and even later, during June, July and
August.
PORTLAND ADVERTISED ABROAD.
"A, H. Devers Informs us that he
saw our 'Golden Trail,' by Corporal
Cameron, a story of gol(Tln Alaska,
in South America, with th cheering
trade mark, 'Lifeograph Company.
Portland. Oregon,' distinctly por
trayed on evyy scene, and W. H.
McMurray, of the -W. R.' & Jf. rail
road, saw our 'Patrol of Sun Dance
Trail,' by Ralph ConOor, author of
'Sky Pilot," etc., in Glasgow, Scot
land, and there, too, Portland ap
peared as the home Ot th produc
tion. A foreign compaly would makj
us of the charming scenery of Ore
gon, but Its films would advertise the
locality in which the producing, com
pany happened to b located. In
other words, Oregon WJuld supply
the marketable feature of the fllmi,
but Los Angeles or some other placa
would benefit by the advertisement
it would afford.
"On could employ tb scenery
around Mount Hood In the produc
tion of a hundred plays and dupli
cate nothing. A photographer could
work ther for a year and not take
the same view twice. "And this Is
but on of the thousand attractions
Oregon affords. Think of Crater Lak
Park and the caves of Josephine
county, and the natural ic mine .if
Crook county! They have no coun
terpart on earth. A quarter of a
million dollars could be 6pent in
European travel and not find their
equal. T can assure you that we
have the whole universe literally
'skinned' wnen it comes to varle,y
of scenery. It Is not simply palm
trees here and palm trees there and
palm trees every day and in evary
production. And our films will not
depict human sensuality, but will sat
isfy and gratify th human longing
for the real romance and the beau
tiful in nature. Such la here In all
its fulness, and w are preparaJ
and qualified to portray It to the
world.
"W believe our Chamber ,of Com
merc would do no more than right
to first think of us. Our faith In
Portland is exemplified by th actual
Investment of our money. A little
'lift' would help us to launch out at
one Into one of th most Important
industrial enterprises Portland vr
will have. It will not only .hav a
big payroll, but will put Portland
and Oregon before most of th peo
ple throughout th world."
W. IL McMonles is president of the
Lifeograph company; J. D. Vlncil,
vice president and manager; A. n
Gantenbeln, treasurer, and L. H. Moo
n.aw, producing director, who serv
ice is of almost inestimable value.
Many of th "big fellows" south of
Oregon hav mad him most tempt
ing offers, but h declares h will
stick to th Lifeograph company be
caus it Is a Portland corporation
and Is going to stick to this region,
no matter what comes or g-oes. Port-lt-nd
is his home, and he delights In
th city and Us environs.
The Worm Turns.
From Judge,
"now much are your four dollar
shoes r asked th smart one.
"Two dollars a foot." replied tb
salesman, wearily.
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
It begins to look as though th fur
nace man can begin planning his vaca
tion. a
If you ar too busy to writ your
New York friends, call them up on ti.a
telephone.
a
Wonder whether Seattle Is as law
less as Sheriff Ilodg is attempting
to prove she Is?
Most of those Republican candidates
for president might grow in popularity
If they would make it plain mat they
don't want to be nominated.
There ia still the possibility that
our American navy, if put to the test,
would not be as weak as Admiral
Fletcher's report seems to indicate.
The city council having decided to
sell bonds for Portland's new audi
torium in a month, it begins to look
as though something Is actually going
to happen.
a a
The charge of over-Insurance having
been proved against Portland agents of
f;re companies, isn't it about time for
the home offices to begin taking notice
of one great cause of fire losaes?
a
T. R. is enjoying himself these days
playing the eLeph&nt against the moose
and the moose against' the elephant
The question Is whether the elephant
has forgotten who fed It the caenne
peanut in 1912.
a
Th Washington administration is
determined to give Carrunza a chance
to show his good will and efficiency In
punishing the murderers of Americans.
Furthermore, any other course would
not bring the dead back to life.
"FREEDOM
From the Boston Globe.
"What Is meant by freedom of the
6eas?" The question has been asked
by several readers of the Globe. It Is
a good question, as it brings forward
one of the most important aspects of
the great war.
To tho British mind, freedom of th
seas, when set to music. Is "Rule
Britannia." In the German tongue the
same phrase sounds differently, as one
might Imagine. It becomes "Gott
strafe England." Since the Germans
hi.ve not enough big ships to sail out
of the Kiel canal to victory they have
scught "freedom of the seas" by means
o? submarines.
Once the Spaniards found their free
dom of the seas menaced by the com
petition of hardy iritisti mariners.
Then It was thut the Armada was built
by paln In order that world trade,
which Is the same thing as "freedom
o! the seas," miaht be kept for them
selves. When tho forces of nature
wrecked the Armada the little British
fleet took over the "freedom of the
seas" and has kept It ever since.
Karlier in the war asi Englishman
declared that he would like to see the
ocean as safe as Portland Place. That
gives the Idea exactly. Portland
Place is In London. It is safe there,
unless some one hoists a German
flag. Portland Place Is a street upon
which a loyal subject of King George
can walk without anxiety. The plan
Is to have the ocean like It,
m
All England wants is the control of
the trade, of the world,. That was all
Spain wanted. When the Germans
wanted control of the world trade they
began to build their navy.
Expressed in terms of real estate.
freedom of the seas Is Gibraltar at
one end of the Mediterranean and the
Suez canal at the other.
So long as there Is peace, and trad
ing in in the hands of those who give
Uitt lowest rates and the beat service.
the seas appear to be free. But the
moment a declaration of war is made
It appears that the right to use the
sea is dependent upon friendship with
the strongest sea power.
Letters From the People
(Comraunlcatlona aent to The Journal for
pi'bllcatloti In thla department abould he writ
ten on on!r orie aida of the paper, abould nt
exceed orl in lenglh aud muat be ir-
comiHaiel y tne name and addreaa of the
nder. if in,, writer doea not detdre to hare
LL oaiue putUalied. be abould ao atale.)
"Plamaalon la the greateat of all reformera.
It rationallaea eT.-rr tiling It touelira. It rooa
principle of all fale aanctltj and tbrowa them
Lack on their reaaouableueaa. If the bare no
reaaoiiableneaJ, it ruthletaly crnabe them out
of eilateoce aud aeta up lta owa cuDciusWaa
lu UieLr atead." Woodxuw Wllaun.
The Camp Robber.
Snowden, Wash., Jan. 18. To the
Editor of The Journal Can you tell
nie what Is the true or scientific ni.ie
of the grey and white bird, a1 lutle
smaller than a rohln, commonly called
tne "camp robber?" To what general
family does it belong, and is It classed
among our more useful birds? The
birc" I refer to stays in this section
all winter. SUBSCRIBER,
This bird Is the Perlsoreus ob
scurus. It Is found in the Pacific
coast district from Humboldt county,
Cal., to Vancouver Island. It is also
popularly known as the "meat bird"
and the "deer hunter." It is related
to the Jay. In zoological language, it
is of the family corvidae and the order
passeres. In the Rocky mountain
regions there is a magpie that is
called the "camp robber," but this is
a much larger bird than the robin.
The authorities consulted are silent
as to the usefulness of the camp rob
ber. The Plucky Carrier Boy.
Portland. Or., Jan. 18. To the Editor
of The Journal All glory and honor to
the newspaper carrier, who gave a
faithful service to subscribers during
the late unpleasantness. Had the po
liceman been one-third as diligent in
forcing property owners and tenants
to clean their sidewalks there would
have been a cooperation that did not
exist. Only an occasional property
owner cleaned his sidewalk, and boys
had to flounder through the snow un
der great difficulties, suffering consid
erable hardship in many cases.
A FRIEND OF TUB BOYS.
Final Vote on the Jayne Bill.
Portland. Or.. Jan. 19. To the Editor
of The Journal. About two weeks ago
it was stated in The Journal that the
lrxal option law was saved from de
feat In the legislature of 1907 by one
vote. Would you favor me by publish
ing the names of the members who
voted to repeal the law?
MINNIE WILSON.
Those who roted nay On the ques
tion of "Indefinitely postponing furth
er consideration" of what was called
the Jayne bill were: Avery, Brow
noil. Co. Coke, Crolsan. Farrar, Hob
son, Hodson. Holman. Malarkey, Rand,
Slcbel and Tuttle. This vote was tak
en February 17. 1905.
Consider the Hoop Snake.
Portland, Jan. 16. To the Editor of
The Journal Kindly publish in your
paper any information you have In
regard to hoop snakes, as I have been
In quit a discussion in regard to this
matter. D. E. M.
Th hoop snake Is described In the
inianiatlnTiil Dietlonarr aa follow
1 "A. harmless snako ' X too 'southern
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Charles W. Erakine, who has been
deputy district attorney la Crook coun
ty, has been elected manager of the
liend Commercial club, to succeed 11.
11 De Armond
a a
The "Watch Dog" Is the name given
by the boys of the Adelphlan literary
soclaty to a weekly publication whicn
tneyVre to issue and circulate among
l'tlia high school students. The pub
lication will be muitlgraphed.
Encuraplng forecast In Burns Times
Herald: rua snow storms of the past
several days have plied considerable
In the mountains and give promise of
bUng of great benefit during the com
lcr growing season. All stockmen are
well provided with feed, therefore It is
not thought there will be any par
ticular loss of atock from the deep
snow."
The Lebanon Express observes, con
cerning the enow: "people have ceased
ta ask 'How do you like the snow?"
Oregonlans are not especially fond of
this sort of weather, and those who
loved It back last seem to have lost
all desire for it since coming west.
However, since It Is here ail ma mak
ing the best of it, but boiiio w.U re
gret its passing."
a a
How Salem improved the recenta rare
opportunity to go coasting is loid in
the Salem Journal of Tuesday: "Lin
ccln hill is about the busiest place in
the city, espeo.ally of evenings. Last
night as usual there were from five to
six hundred there and each one 'Just
a little bit more Jolly than any of the
others. It sure is royal sport, and you
do not have to be young to enjoy it
either. All you have to do Is to feel
that way."
OF THE SEAS"
The neutral nations count for noth
ing unless they are serving the
strongest sea power. We Americans
have freedom of the seas when we
carry shells or deadly gases for use
somewhere In France. It is quite
different if we send a cargo of rubber
for use in Germany; the seas are not
fre then.
Strange to say, th people who
have been taxed for the greatest navy
of the world are not entirely the
gainers from the success of that navy;
the shipowners gain far moro. Recent
ly the British admiralty Investigated
the alarming increase of ocean freight
rates.
At the hearing It was broucj.t out
that some of tho shipowners were mak
ing 2000 per cent more than during
times of pence.
Over on the Isle of Man are some
excellent farms. Just now England
needs food, for the price of living
has Jumped vigorously. A farmer
on the Isle of Man ttets 15 shillings
a ton for turnips. Hungry England
pays 10 for the same. Of course,
the farmer sells at wholesale and the
householder buys nt retail, but the
reasonable profit or tho retailer does
not explain the enormous d.fference.
The explanation Is that uncovered by
the admiralty enormous profits by
the boat owners.
The freedom of the seas is yet to
be. The day will come when those
three fourths of the surface of the
globe which are covered with water
will be free to every man who can
get'a ship In whhh to 6all. That day
will not come while any nation has
a navy so strong that at the first
shot its foes will scurry to the near
est cover.
There la a navy budget because the
seas are not free. They never will
be free until ships of war are pre
moted from a destructive purpose to
a useful one.
There Is no such thing as freedom
of th seas. There never has been.
When there is it will be because the
world has learned a good deal mora
than it knowa now.
United States (Abastor erythrogram-n.-us);
so called from the mistaken
notion that it curves Itself into a
hoop, taking its tail into Its moutn.
and rolls along with great velocity."
Zoology has no countenance what
ever for the wild ta-.es aViout the hoop
snake In respect of its alleged aptitude
for taking lis tail Into its mouth and
traveling hoop fashion so rapidly that
it can overtaKe Uie fleetest horse, nor
for the alleged horn upon lta tail witii
which it deals certain death to what
ever it strikes with It, whether it be
man, beast or tree.
Elk Teeth.
Portland, Jan. 14. To the Editor of
The Journal Please tell me If it is
unlawful to ha e or offer for sale
elk teeth that were taken from ela
killed in another ,tate nearly 30 years
ago. A REAL EH.
The possessor is held to very strict
proof of the lawfulness of his pob
session. It he is prepared conclusively
to establish his rights he might tan
a chance. To be sate, the Inquirer hu't
best consult the state game wardens
olfice, and be guided thereby.
Abolishing aji Office and a Man.
From the New York World.
One of he delightful revenges that
Weil street Republicanism promises It
self in case of victory next year is the
abolition of the office of comptroller
of the currency,. It Is a powerf j! posi
tion, its uaeiulness to the people or
to interests that sometimes are antago
nistic to the people depends upon the
man who chances to bold It.
A comptroller of the currency who la
in thorough accord with the charmed
circle in Wall street which interprets
tbe national bank act to sjK Its own
purposes might hold off!, e Indefinitely
without professional objection. A
comptroller of the currency who, for
example, compels the Klggs bank to
obey the law ur.d threatens national
bank usurers with prosecution Will
have to fight for his place if these In.
ttrests come into control of congress.
Excepting the presidency, there Is
hardly an office In the national gov
ern in eh t possessing such powers of
good and v:l es the comptrollership.
Able and honorable men have held the
place, but, most of them hav so
trimmed their sails as to catch fin
ancial rather than popular breezes.
Comptrollers of the currency do not
gradjate as statesmen In th service
of the people. They get their degrees
frcm the banks that they were sup
posed to regulate, and with them come
salaries that make the comptroller's
st.pend look like day wages.
No other comptroller of the currency
has had such a testimonial as that
which now is laid at tbe feet of John
Bkelton Williams. There Is only one
way to punish a publio servant with a
fixed term who cannot be used or in
timidated or displaced, and that j the
abolition of his office It 'Is not an
easy way, however.
Too Many Question.
From Puck.
"Where did you work last, and how
long?" demanded th colonel. "Did
you quit of your own accord or were
you discharged, and "
"Loolry yuh. boss." sourly returned
Brother Bogus. "I isn't pahposla'
marriage to yuh; I'a ax la for a job,"
soiree Oven
VWILUAM HENRY DIET!! I m
VV by the papers is still ' very
busy up in the wilds of interior
Washington convincing succulent
young sporting editors with spatu
late ears that he is an Indian.
J And of course It maki-s ao dif
ference to me.
JAnd I guess Bill has tolfl it SO
often that he expects everybody to
believe it.
T But I can remember back In Rico
Lake Wisconsin when isiji tha
gtrls used to call him Willie to
tease him was only a plain Ameri
can of German extraction.
JAnd he had no notion cf ever
being an , Indian.
J He wanted to be a cartoonist.
and he drew a picture ot -tne.
and showed it to me.
JAnd I begged him not to be a
cartoonist, ..
because I said It would be so
much easier for him to be something
else.
Ilk a carpenter,
or a brick-layer.
or a drayman.
or something like that where
he would have plenty of chance to
use i,ln strength.
"uU Uin went right on and
learned to draw and paint.
And at Ma. alester collage near
St. I'uai-lie played on the football
Uagi. (
JAnd he looked uke an Indian In
bis Tootball tigs.
JAnd they asked him If he wasn't
an Indian.
and he said No.
JAnd so they whispered around
the campus that Bill was an Indian
and was ashamed of lt
JAnd he knew what they were
saying.
so he said "All right I'll be an
Indian if they insist."
JAnd pretty aoon he got o he
could relate the mysterious legend
of Ills birth without a waver.
J And he went to Carlisle and
played on the Indian football team
and was art director of th col
lege.
and lectured on "Indian Art .'n
America."
and did other tilings like those.
JAnd now he's Lonestnr Dletz
the famous Indian c adi of the
champion foothall team of fio
known world at Pullman Washing
ton, j
7 And when he came down to
Portland he was Ixjnejtarriug
arouhd.
find I met him.
J And we talked old times.
IT And when I laughed at the Lone
ftar Muff Bill remonstrated with
me.
and told me I was mistaken.
J And he went on In a low voice
and told m the romantic atory of
his life.
1 J And I said I w aa going to ex
pose him
J And he afked me not to.
JAnd finally when I insisted
Bill agreed that it might be a go1
ti.mg except
Vl LISTEN He asked ma to hold It
off till about the middle of January
when newspaper publicity fnr fool
ball coaches would be mighty slirn.
JAnd I did.
AUTOMOBILE
SHOW NUMBER
Portland's Seventh Annual
Automobile Show opens' next
week. A.
The Sunday Journal for'next
Sunday will Include the annual
Automobile Show Number, sec
tion of photographs and te: t de
voted to the motorist an1 his
interests.
Multnomah Falls
in Mid-Winter
The first of a series of scenic
pares will be found nn the(ront
cover of The Sunday Journal
Magazine next Sunday.
It shows Multnomah Falls in
mid-winter with (he ice" covr ring
that has transformed the 'ihasin
and walls of the falls into a'Aairy
iand. This is the fird ff a serifs of
remarkable plv v -craj-hs by Fred
H. Kiser that -a ill .hw Oregon's
out-of-door charms.
For Matron, Maid
and Housekeeper
"Do n"t burn your hair with
an iron, cares it with a brush,"
admonishes Lillian Russell in
her Sunday article on beauty
and efficiency in The Sunday
Journal Magazine.
The needleworker will find an
attractive design for the end of
x table runner in Section Four.
Glimpses in fashion's Jhew
window will be found in Section
Foui dress hints that will In
terest ill womankind.
The Housekeeper's Council
Table, conducted by Dorothy
Dolan In The Sunday Journal
Magazine is a page that all house
wives watch for. The page for
next Sunday is of the same high
quality as its predecessors.
For the Follower
of the Photoplay
Louella O. Parsons, a recog
nized authority on motion pic
ture affairs, has written for Tbe
Sunday Journal Magazine an arti
cle on "Why Stage Favorites -Ars
Often Costly Failures When
Playing the Silent Drama." This
feature, together with the notion
picture news and gossip, to be
found in Section Three, wil! con
cern all movie fans. '
For the Business.
Man and Woman
News of the shipping world.
Section Two.
Markets and finance Section
Two. " :' 3
Real estate and .buildlaf.;
Section Two. 1": '
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